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York and San Francisco International ﬁlm festivals, this Best Film nominee at the Israeli Film Academy awards arrives in theaters for a late summer arthouse release. Intense and claustrophobic, the ﬁlm’s appeal to fans of personal stories and antiwar drama, as w...

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a gangster thriller with a dysfunctional family drama, it’s been gaining buzz since its Sundance world premiere. More character-driven than action-packed—and very deliberate—this is aimed at an audience with an attention span who is willing to be invited into this violent clan. The rare...

like the best John Cheever story as adapted by Carl Dreyer. Premiering in North America at Sundance 2010, Southern District combines artful technique with a socio-political plot that specialty ﬁlm fans will ﬁ nd attractive—reel them in by reaching out to Spanish-language audiences and radio stati...

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> Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey make this late summer drama a heavyweight contender. Based on the bestselling memoir (which Oprah ﬂogged in two episodes), this globetrotting tale about a mid-thirties woman who sets off to ﬁ nd herself has name recognition and wish fulﬁllment on its side. And...